(19)
(11) EP 0 757 485 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/06

(21) Application number: 96305496.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.07.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H04N 7/088
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB SE

(30) Priority: 31.07.1995 JP 194687/95
31.07.1995 JP 194688/95
31.07.1995 JP 194700/95
31.07.1995 JP 195121/95
31.07.1995 JP 195259/95
31.07.1995 JP 195303/95

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Kawasaki-shi (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ichihashi, Toru
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Shimamoto, Katsushi
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Aoki, Koji
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Shindler, Nigel 
BATCHELLOR, KIRK & CO. 2 Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road
London EC1R 0DS
London EC1R 0DS (GB)

   


(54) Interactive television system


(57) A broadcasting station (1) transmits script for presenting plural types of additional information relating to main broadcast in a vertical blanking interval included in a video signal. A television receiver (3) generates an additional information selecting screen for selecting arbitrary additional information from plural types of additional information by executing the script according to a request signal received from a television remote controller (308), and displays in part of a display screen. Reflecting a selection instruction signal received from the television remote controller (308) on the additional information selection screen, the script is executed according to the selection instruction, and selected additional information is generated and displayed on a display screen in a display format conforming to the content of the information.






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